“GMA3” anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes had been yanked off the air Monday over their bombshell affair scandal — after Web page Six revealed his different alleged extramarital shenanigans.
ABC Information President Kim Godwin advised staffers in a morning name that the sordid state of affairs had turn out to be an excessive amount of of an “inner and exterior distraction.
“After numerous thought, I'm taking Amy and T.J. off the air as we determine this out,’’ Godwin mentioned, with out elaborating on how lengthy the celebs can be gone.
She mentioned that whereas Holmes and Robach’s alleged affair was “not a violation of firm coverage,” the choice to take them out of their anchor chairs throughout the each day 1 p.m. present was obligatory for the “GMA” model as a complete.”
A supply near the state of affairs advised The Submit on Monday that there isn't a timeline on how lengthy the pair will probably be off the air.
Robach and Holmes each have contracts and are nonetheless getting paid, the supply added.
Their alleged relationship was outed after movies and images of them canoodling first leaked within the Every day Mail final week.
Then over the weekend, “Leisure Tonight” printed a report that Holmes additionally had an affair with a former “GMA” producer that lasted for just a few years earlier than his romance with Robach.
Holmes 45, has been married to immigration lawyer Marilee Fiebig for 10 years. Robach, 49, is married to former “Melrose Place’’ actor Andrew Shue, though the pair’s divorce is “nearly finalized,’’ sources have advised Web page Six.
It's believed that Holmes’ and Robach’s romance may have begun as early as this previous spring, however different sources near the anchors insist the pair’s affair started in August after they separated from their respective companions.
Whereas Holmes’ alleged affair with Robach was initially thought-about a private matter, information of his earlier reputed extramarital relationship put community higher-ups over the sting, resulting in the hosts getting sidelined, the supply mentioned.
Godwin advised staffers in Monday’s name, “I've actually taken the previous few days to consider and work by means of what I believe is finest for the ABC Information group.
“That is one thing I’m not going to speak, we’re not going to speak about on this name, till there may be extra to be mentioned.
“I’m asking that we cease the whispering within the hallways,” the exec added. “You understand, we are able to’t function with gossip, and hypothesis and rumors. We have to keep targeted on the work.”
An ABC insider advised The Submit, “I doubt if [Robach and Holmes] are off for good.
“It simply will depend on what else comes out, however my guess is that they’ll maintain them off till the top of the yr,” the supply mentioned.
As for the community, “They dealt with it poorly,’’ the supply claimed.
“They need to’ve taken motion final week when the information broke. … It’s a household present.’’
Co-anchors Stephanie Ramos and Gio Benitez took over for the anchors Monday.
“Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have the break day,” Ramos mentioned with a smile in the beginning of the present, which then proceeded with out lacking a beat.
It wasn’t unclear who will sit within the hosts’ chairs transferring ahead.
A rep for ABC Information declined remark.
Within the aftermath of the scandal, a number of sources advised Web page Six that the hosts’ alleged affair has not gone down properly with prime “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts.
“She isn't solely very non secular. but additionally doesn’t like this type of scandal tainting the present,” an insider mentioned.
Web page Six beforehand reported that Roberts, 62, confronted Robach and Holmes, with the older anchor having “pulled them each apart and mainly mentioned, ‘Cease it.’”
As Web page Six reported final week, Holmes was additionally allegedly concerned in a three-year affair with “GMA” producer Natasha Singh beginning in 2016.
On the time, each Holmes and Singh allegedly confided in Robach about their infidelity.
“Amy was the particular person they went to speak to about their affair and marriages,” a supply mentioned of the alleged affair.
Whereas Fiebig discovered concerning the Singh affair in 2019, she was “blindsided” by Holmes’ alleged new romance with Robach, as she and her husband had been working to restore their marriage amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources advised Web page Six. The sources mentioned the Fiebig and Holmes “had been totally collectively” in August and even celebrated his birthday within the Bahamas.
As for Robach, she reportedly left her husband in August.
Extra reporting by Francesca Bacardi
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